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Felicity Huffman reflects on college admissions scandal

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December 2, 2023
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Actress Felicity Huffman has opened up about her role in a college admissions scandal that landed her in federal prison, telling CNN affiliate KABC that “it felt like I had to give my daughter a chance at a future … which meant I had to break the law.”

The Emmy-winning Desperate Housewives star was among 33 wealthy parents arrested in Operation Varsity Blues and accused of conspiring to get their children into college.

She was accused of paying $US 15,000 (approx. $22,500) to the scam’s mastermind to raise her daughter’s SAT scores. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

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Felicity Huffman reflects on the college admissions scandal. (ABC7)

“And I know hindsight is 20/20 but it felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn’t do it,” Huffman told KABC on Thursday. “So – I did it.”

Huffman told KABC she is ashamed of what she did, and she apologised to “the students and the families that sacrifice and work really hard to get to where they are going legitimately.”

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Felicity Huffman and her daughter, Sophia Macy, at a rehab centre in LA. (Backgrid)

“And I know hindsight is 20/20 but it felt like I would be a bad mother if I didn’t do it,” Huffman told KABC. “So – I did it.”

Huffman was sentenced in September 2019 to 14 days in prison, a year of probation and 250 hours of community service. She was fined $US 30,000 (approx. $44,997.75).

Her husband, actor William H. Macy, was not charged.

Admissions consultant Rick Singer was sentenced in January 2023 to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $US 10 million (approx. $14,999,250) for receiving money from parents to inflate test scores and bribe school authorities.

Huffman said she had second thoughts as she drove her daughter to take the test.

“She was going, ‘Can we get ice cream afterwards? I’m scared about the test. What can we do that’s fun?'” Huffman said. “And I kept thinking, turn around, just turn around. And to my undying shame, I didn’t.”

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Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman in Desperate Housewives. (ABC America)

Promoting ‘A New Way of Life’

Huffman performed her community service with a non-profit organisation called A New Way of Life. It helps women who have been incarcerated with housing, clothing and job training.

“Well, I thought we would bring her in and put her at a desk and have her work in the office. And she said, ‘No, I want to do real work,'” founder Susan Burton said. “She went jogging down Central Avenue in South LA and created exercise classes for the women.”

Huffman also helped the group organise its donations, Burton said. She has now joined the organisation’s board of directors.

“I want to use my experience and what I’ve gone through and the pain to bring something good, which is to shine a light on the organisation,” Huffman said.

“Felicity Huffman is one of the most beautiful people I’ve met in my lifetime,” Burton said. “And I know she has had a hiccup. But it’s not the hiccup – it’s how you come through the hiccup.”

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CNN has reached out to a representative for Huffman for further comment.



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